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Texas’s GOP Governor Can Arbitrarily Deny Democrats a Seat in Congress Until Next Year (theintercept.com)

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Texas’s heavily Democratic 18th Congressional District has an empty seat. State law gives Greg Abbott the power to delay the election to fill it.

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[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Governor is a statewide race, gerrymandering may discourage a certain amount of voting due to apathy, but it doesn't really change how votes are counted.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Also, Biden AND Harris received more votes than Abbott did in the last three races. We have the votes to remove him, just not the will.